Linewidth instability in a semiconductor laser due to feedback from a ring passive phase-conjugate mirror

Optical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 586-590

  Liby, Bruce W ^a   Statman, David ^b,d,e   McInerney, John G ^c  

^a MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; MIRRORS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; RELAXATION OSCILLATORS;

RING PASSIVE PHASE-CONJUGATE MIRRORS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032686706     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602102     Document Type: Article

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